Back band buckle



(Model.)

J. A. LOWE.

BACK BAND BUCKLE.

No. 256,805. Patented Apr. 18,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. LOWE, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ABNERE. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

BACK-BAND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,805, dated April18, 1882.

Application filed March 52, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom tt may concernBeitknown that I, JosErH ALFRED LOWE, a citizen of the United States,resident at Gainesville, in the county of Cooke and State ot'Texas, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Back-Band Buckles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the IO annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures ofreference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a verti- I5 cal section, and Fig. 3 is a top view ofthe upper bar.

This invention has relation to buckles designed to connectthe back-bandand belly-band of harness; and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement of the middle bar having an outwardly-projecting stud, theupper bar parallel to the middle bar and having an under offset recess,the lower bar, also parallel to the middle bar, having an under offsetrecess, and a depending lug-hook and springsnap, all as hereinafter setforth, and especially pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the triple-barbuckle, having the end bars, a. a, connecting the middle bar, b, to theupper bar, 0, and lower bar, 01, the latter bars being parallel to themiddle bar. A stud, c, projecting outwardly, is formed on themiddle barat its central portion, and opposite this 5 stud are formed in the underportions of the upper and lower bars offset recesses g and h, which aredesigned to receive the connectingstrap k of the belly-band. Theback-band L is passed under the upper and lower bars and over the middlebar, b, and is perforated at l to engage the stud e. Theconnecting-strap 7c of the belly-band is also perforated to engage thestud, the strap lying upon the outer face of the back-band, and beingkept in position in its offset seats g and h thereby.

Extending downward from the raised or offset middle portion of the lowerbar, d, is alug,

m, which is bent upward at its lower portion to form an outwardly-turnedhook, N, and a broad spring, 8, is secured to the lug abovethe hook, andextends by its free end to the turned-up portion, closing thehook-recess, and forming a loop in which the trace T is designed to becarried. When the spring-snap s is pressed back the trace can be readilytaken out of its loop- 5 5 bearin g.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, lS-

The back-band triple-bar buckle having the outwardlyprojecting stud e onits middle bar, the offset recesses g h in the under portions of itsupper and lower bars, and the depending lug-hook formed on the lowerbar, and having a closing spring-snap, s, forming a trace-bearingloom-substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses. f

JOSEPH ALFRED LOWE.

Witnesses:

A. E. DoDsoN, WM. EDMONSON.

